Overweight, overdue, overtired, over-emotional - It's October!!! The final countdown...

[Tigerlion]

Hope this works and that this thread sees the arrival of lots of wonderful little babies!

Congrats Pmoore!

Due date for me too but I have resigned myself also to being 2 weeks late now. I suppose 2 weeks is nothing in the grand scheme of things but when you can hardly walk it seems like a lifetime!!

good luck to those who's due date it is i hope your lo's arrive on time!!
Two extra weeks to think about must feel like torture!!!

Well, I'm back! Baby William arrived Sunday morning. I managed my haircut, pottered round all day, went into hospital with contractions at 1:30 Sun morning. 4cm dilated, much to mw surprise, sent to delivery room to walk about a bit and then things speeded up massively and Wiliam arrived at 4:30am. We had a bit of a scare as the cord was round his neck, so had to have an episiotomy and he was yanked out. All well now - feeding and looking fab. 3.3 kg - about 7 1/2 pounds?

We were kept in for 24 hours, then took ages to be discharged so finally home about midnight yesterday. Rambling nature of post due to little sleep since about Thursday.

Top tip: if you think you'll need extra pain relief, ask for it as soon as you get there. Or you'll be told that it's too late as it's time to push . A 9v battery and a couple of leads is NOT sufficient for pushing out a baby. Not even a whiff of gas and air [sob].

On the plus side, the hospital staff were great, esp the midwife and the doctor, and we wangled a side room due to lack of space.

Congrats to Millie and pmoore - haven't had a chance to read the whole thread. Off to bed for a nap while W is asleep...

Good luck to all those still to come!

well done swizzler, and pmoore. brief note of congrats as am writing this one-handed while feeding dd!

Oh how lovely. Well done pmoore. Wow what a whopper!! A girl. Makes me wonder how the odds are going to work out on the amount of girls and boys are going to born.
Well done to Swizzler too. Baby William sounds a dear. Congratulations. Whens the next one due then.
Nothing much happening here realy. Feeling lower and heavier by the minute. Feet are realy fat too. Have a good one ladies. xxxxx

congratulations swizzler!!! x

well done swizzler! so many babies have arrived now! I'm so jealous!

how are you youngmum? still fed up? Have u got ur raspberry leaf tea yet? x

congratulations pmoore on the safe arrival of Samantha. hope you're able to get some rest.
Swizzler, well done you. Another boy to add to the arrivals list!!

majormoo - have amusing image of you trying to climb over into driver's seat. I honestly don't think I could manage it at the moment.

Babies Due:
1st - morespamthanglam, 3rd baby,dd11yrs, ds 7yrs
2nd
3rd - Jobot, baby boy, 2nd baby, dd 14 months.
4th
5th
6th - Rumpel 1st flavour unknown
7th
8th
9th - Tigerlion, baby girl, 2nd baby, ds 12 months
10th - mamado, baby girl, 2nd child, dd 2.8 yrs
====nicand2, baby boy, 2nd baby ds 21 months
====majormoo, boy, 2nd baby, dd 3
11th - Emzickle, baby girl, first baby
====chilligirl, first baby but flavour unknown!
12th
13th - Justers, first baby, colour unkown
--Mrs Blobby, baby boy, first baby
====marthahm, unknown type, first baby
--jmcmugwump first baby unknown flavour
--totallyfloaty, baby girl, 3rd baby
14th - Luboo - 1st baby - pink one
-mmmmmchocolate 2nd baby dd 2 last week blue one due.
15th - chubszki, baby boy, first baby.
--nic1976 first baby
16th - Girlygale1 - pink! (1st date) 2nd baby dd 2
17th
18th
19th - KATGOD, 2nd, colour unknown, DS 2.7
--agrimum, 1st, colour unknown
20th - clon, first baby, girl
21st - DogMum, first baby.
- Emmy01 first baby colour unknown.
22nd nowanearlyNicemum - colour unknown, 2nd baby, dd 1.11
23rd Girlygale1 - pink!2nd baby dd 2(2nd date!)
-Binbon2 - colour unknown, 2nd baby, DS 3.25
24th -Wuzzlefraggle, first baby, pink one!!
25th
26th -DashingRedhead, first baby, colour unknown
27th
28th
29th youngmum21, first baby, girl
30th Bendyb- first baby, blue 1!
31st Gingeme, baby boy, 4th baby, 3x ds 12, 11 & 2.4
---- Catgirl, colour unknown, 2nd child, 1ds who is 4 in 2 weeks
---- EmilyTurner, 2nd baby, 1 dd
----popsi, baby boy, 2nd baby, DD 2.2yrs

Babies Born (!!):
Sep 14 Hana baby girl Martha 6 lb 8 oz
16 Sep Bensmum3, baby girl
?Sep 17 Saka baby boy, Adam, 8 lb 5 oz
18 Sep Whiffy baby girl, Hannah Blue, 7 lb 6 oz
30 Sept 3kids baby boy Buddy 8lbs 9oz
Oct 1st Sallyrosie - baby boy 9lb 5oz Edward
Oct 1st Seona1973 - baby boy Ewan 7lb 13oz
Oct 5th Highlander - baby boy 51cm, 6lbs 9oz
Oct 6th Millie - baby boy, Nicolas 8lbs, 54cm
Oct 7th Pmoore - baby girl, Samantha 8lbs 12
Oct 8th Swizzler - baby boy, William, 3.3kgs

congratulations new mummys...

getting fed up and uncomfortable. Did anyones no2 baby drop???

Not got an appointment to talk about induction till 23rd thats months away... think i will be attempting my own c section if i have to wait that long!!!!!!!!

hey bendyb, im ok thanks but yes still fed up was having some really strong bh last nite and was hoping it mite lead to something but im still here and nothings happening now!!!
No i havent got the rasberry tea yet ive been cleaning the house!!!
How you doing?

ive been drinking the r l tea for last 4 weeks and i am still here!!!!

Congratulations pmoore, a girl to share the spoils with Hannah at last.

Well done Swizzler - a bit of full moon magic. Glad it's all going well.

Nothing happening here.

well done swizzler and pmore. fantastic news, glad you're ok. still nothing happening here. i am being driven slightly mad by friends and family ringing/texting etc constantly to find out if i'm in labour. i'm not even at the due date yet! majormoo that must be a herculean effort to get in the car, i can only just manage with the driver side door fully functional.

Congrats Swizzler!!! Another boy! I've been told I'm having a girl and had wondered if the scan was wrong but with all these boys the odds of it being right are looking good!!
Enjoy your time with William. Hope I'm not long now....

Congrats to all the new mums - i'm so jealous!

Am now hoping that Lo stays put for the next 3 days so that we can get the funeral out of the way - I have had to promise my dad that I will take my hospital bag with me to the service in case we need to do a hospital dash on Thursday - I'm sure he thinks he will end up delivering the baby on the back seat of his car - have assured him that it is highly unlikely and we will probably get a little bit of warning in advance!

So as from Friday will be trying ecvery trick in the book to get this LO to put in an appearance, fresh pipeapple, check, raspberry leaf tea, check, curry, check, rumpy pumpy - not so sure about that - we would need a hoist of some description I am sure!!

congratulations pmoore and swizzler on your lo's!!

Congratulations pmoore and Swizzler - great to hear of your arrivals, so much for the waning moon Swizzler William clearly wanted the full!!

emmy I'm so sorry to hear of your house probs, it must be very unsettling, I hope that you have your feet up and everyone is fussing over you to make up for it, little consolation but hope all gets resolved as soon as poss.

Gingeme, I'm in the fat feet club too, haven't seen my ankles bones for weeks!

No twinges to report here, thank goodness, still organising the house, my dh can't find anything now, he's not a fan of my tidying ha ha!

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Another vote for arnica here - seems to be working well as stitches much less painful now. Also managed pain-free BM - don't you feel strangely proud of yourself Milliee?

Just sent DH out for food and some more cotton wool - I hadn't realised how much I would get through!

Sending good vibes to all you ladies due soon, especially those suffering. Lots of the aches and pains do go away (to be replaced by others, of course)... try and enjoy your last few days of sleep!

afternoon every1, I'm a bit confused bout arnica, i've heard people mention it before & heard how good it is, but, sorry 2 sound thick AGAIN, what is it? Is it tablets or cream or something? & what does it actually do? Some1 plz help! lol!
I'm ok youngmum still fed up tho & haven't yet been bothered 2 go out & get some of the tea! x

it ok bendyb i was just wondering the same as you!!!! Was just about to ask wot it does and wot is it????

i've googled it & it all seems very confusing 2 me & i looked on helios & cant seem 2 find the childbirth kit thing! Surely i'm not that thick am i???!!!

bendyb, arnica is a homeopathic remedy for bruising and shock. (it's great for kids when they bang themselves etc). have heard that it's good for during and after labour but hadn't really looked into it yet. sounds like a good idea though. great thing about homeopathic remedies is that they are not harmful. have to remember not to drink or eat anything for 15 minutes before or after you take them though-because that stops them working-no idea why. arnica comes in cream, tablets, little pills. it's the most easy to get hold of and boots should sell it or superdrug, although, from what millie says you need the 200c strength (the strongest i think) for labour and i don't know if you have to order that online, i don't think they'd sell it in boots etc. the others will be far more knowlegable on this having been through it, i'm going to go and look it up now
jcmugwump hope everything goes ok for the funeral and not giving birth.
swizzler, the mw told me 3.3 is 7lbs 5ozs. would you believe she seemed more excited by knitting than the examination (probably actually as the examination is always the same!) thanks to your help have been cracking on and may even be able to finish before the baby arrives.

thanks marthahm, i'm still confused tho! I think i am just really thick actually! lol. xxx

i feel like im not very organised i havent got any tea or pineapple and i dont know anything boyt homepathic remidies